Rh proteins: Key structural and functional components of the red cell membrane

Blood Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-110

  Van Kim, Caroline Le ^a   Colin, Yves ^a   Cartron, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA TRANSFUSION SANGUINE   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonium channel; Blood group; HDN; Red cell membrane; Rh; Spectrin based skeleton

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANKYRIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CD47 ANTIGEN; GLYCOPHORIN B; GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN GPB; PROTEIN LW; PROTEIN RHAG; PROTEIN RHBG; PROTEIN RHCG; RHESUS ANTIGEN; RHESUS CCEE ANTIGEN; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIGEN; SPECTRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID BASE BALANCE; BACTERIUM; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; CELL LINE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DETOXIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG MECHANISM; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTE STRUCTURE; EXCRETION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GAS; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; INTRAUTERINE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; KIDNEY CELL; LIVER; MAMMAL; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOTHERAPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 33644508650     PISSN: 0268960X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.blre.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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